“These are our Master’s favorite peonies, rare varieties specially sent from the flower department. What will you use to compensate us if they’re damaged!” Chun Que retorted.
Ning Wanyin glanced at her, a half-smile on her face: “So precious? Then, is it even more important than the dragon fetus?”
Chun Que choked, “Of course, it can’t be compared to the dragon fetus…”
“Then why are you spouting so much nonsense?” Ning Wanyin’s face instantly turned cold.
She said coldly, “Anyone who interferes with my care of Shun Pin or affects the dragon fetus will be dragged directly to the Ministry of Justice.”
Chun Que dared not speak her anger and could only grumble inwardly.
What did plucking her master’s peonies have to do with protecting the dragon fetus?
She was just disgracing Changchun Palace and bullying her master.
When she sees His Majesty next time, she must tell him this!
With Ning Wanyin’s words, the remaining palace servants dared not slack off, and several eunuchs picked up hoes and began digging.
When Xiao Guizi saw this scene, he felt that it was very familiar.
His master really digs everywhere she goes!
Is her hobby digging three feet into the ground?
The eunuchs dug for a while, almost digging down the entire flowerbed by a foot, when suddenly one of them hit something hard with his hoe.
Upon turning it over, they found a square lacquer box.
“There’s something there!”
Lian Rui, who had been watching closely, rushed over immediately, pried out the lacquer box, and presented it to Ning Wanyin.
“Master, we’ve dug out a box.”
“Be careful, lest there be any traps.” Ning Wanyin warned, her gaze sweeping over the group of palace servants.
Everyone looked quite surprised, except for one palace maid whose eyes darted away.
But only for a moment, and then the maid’s face also showed surprise.
Ning Wanyin looked away, pretending not to notice anything unusual.
Xiao Guizi, from afar, used a hoe to pry open the lacquer box. The box had a copper clasp that was twisted, but it wasn’t locked.
Opening the box, they saw half a box of dried safflowers inside.
“Safflowers!” Chun Que cried out in alarm.
Since Shun Pin became pregnant, safflower was something that she had to carefully inspect. Everyone recognized it at first glance and took a step back.
“How could there be safflower in the flower garden?” Chun Que asked incredulously.
Shun Pin had been lying on the warm couch in the inner palace, quietly observing Ning Wanyin’s intentions. Upon hearing that safflower had been dug up from the flower garden, she hurriedly came out of the inner palace.
Everyone was dumbfounded.
Ning Wanyin narrowed her eyes slightly and said calmly, “Since that palace maid targeted Shun Pin, how could she guarantee that she would succeed on the first try? It’s not surprising that there’s some leftover, useless safflower.”
No one can guarantee that they will succeed in administering the medicine on the first try. What if the medicine is spilled? What if the safflower is detected in advance? What if the master doesn’t drink it and it gets cold, so they have to make another bowl?
The person who makes the move should at least ensure that there are several instances of significant damage.
In case something goes wrong the first time, they can do it a second time.
The palace of Shun Pin is guarded very carefully, so it is not easy to pass things in from the outside. It is impossible to get medicine every time, as the risk is too great.
Therefore, it is normal that there are unused safflowers in Changchun Palace.
Ning Wanyin asked directly, “Who usually takes care of this flower garden?”
Three third-class palace maids knelt down tremblingly.
One of the older palace maids kowtowed and said, “It was us. We didn’t know when Chun Ni hid the medicine here. We didn’t even notice. We deserve to die.”
Chun Ni had already died in prison during her trial. She and the other three were responsible for sweeping the courtyard and pruning the flowerbeds.
She didn’t reveal that there were still some safflowers hidden during interrogation. Was it to give her accomplices a second chance to strike?
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